Sonu Nigam celebrates 38th birthday

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Sonu Nigam celebrates 38th birthday

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The play back singer has many hit songs on his credit and also released pop albums over the years.

30 July,2011 05:14 am

Nigams first movie song as a playback singer was in the film ‘Janam’ (1990), which was never officially released.Sonu also got a break in several radio commercials until he appeared on the popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995, after that there was no turning back for him. He was trained by Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, a very fine classical singer.Sa Re Ga Ma, television singing talent competition, soon became one of the most popular shows on Indian television. The format of that show gave Sonu a chance to showcase his singing skills as well as his natural charm and audience appeal. Soon after, he sang Accha Sila Diya on the album ‘Bewafa Sanam’ that proved a success. Singing offers started pouring in thereafter, albeit slowly at first. Sonus image as a Rafi clone changed when he sang the Nadeem-Shravan composed song Yeh Dil Deewana for ‘Pardes’ in 1997. Over the years, Sonu has become a major force in the Indian music industry. He has provided playback singing for a large number of Hindi movies and won many awards. His rendition of the title song of the film ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ has been highly popular and is considered a modern classic.